Open Letter to EP-Iran Delegation – 2013

04, 24, 2013

European Parliament – The Iran Delegation, 

To: Tarja Cronberg (Chair), and

Dear Madam Chair,

Time after time, the EP-Iran delegation has frivolously pursued organizing trips to Iran. This year the MEPs’ visit, as we have learned, has been scheduled to start on Friday April, 26, 2013.

In recent years EU has enforced its toughest sanctions on Iran that has never imposed against any other country. These sanctions have aimed at Iran’s human rights abuses, as well as its nuclear weapons program. Such EU’s resolutions have shown that that European Union has stood strongly and united against a defiant regime that has no respect for international norms and regulations. However, the MEP’s scheduled visit to Tehran is actually nothing more than shooting itself in the foot and considered as a last forlorn effort, after seven years of feckless rounds of nuclear talks through P5+1, by the European Parliament to pacify the theocratic mullahs in the vain hope that the regime can be persuaded to stop its nuclear program and improve human rights.

Open Letter to EP-Iran Delegation – 2012

For the article version of this Open letter refer to link: http://tinyurl.com/a5p65cg  

10, 21, 2012

European Parliament – The Iran Delegation,

Tarja Cronberg (Chair), and Members

Dear Madam Chair,

Once again the oppressed Iranian people were shocked to hear an absurd report from European Parliament in regard to embarking on an official visit of their lawmakers to Iran. The question on every Iranian mind is: “How can they even think of going to Tehran at this stage of time?” It seems that there is a sever discord between European Parliament and European Union proceedings when it comes to Iran policy. On 15 October 2012, EU member States have imposed new sanctions on Iran for its reckless behavior that endangers global security, a dramatic reminder that relations with Iran cannot be business as usual. These punitive steps are meant to persuade Iran to engage constructively by addressing the concerns of the International community.  However the trip of EP delegation while basically undermines such EU’s efforts and consequently results in the detraction from their achievement of broader objectives, it would also send incongruous messages to Tehran, making the regime to callously exploit the visit for propaganda purposes. It would be paradoxical and the European Parliament should not play into the hands of Iranian regime.

President Obama, Your Policy on Iran Contradicts Interests of Iranian Grassroots

for article version of this open letter  follow the link: http://tinyurl.com/6uw4vuy

For decades United States is among the countries, which has massively suffered from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI’s) sponsorship of terrorism worldwide. It has all started in 1979 when Islamic regime ordered the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in which 66 Americans were held hostage for 444 days. Later in 1983 the suicide bombing of U.S. military barracks in Beirut executed by the Islamic Jihad Organization, an Iranian regime’s terror proxy, left 299 Americans dead. The Khobar Towers bombing in 1996 carried out by IRI-supported groups of Hezbollah resulted in death of 19 U.S. service men. 60% of all American combat casualties in Iraq and 50% of combat casualties in Afghanistan have been caused by IRI-made IEDs. More importantly the footprint of IRI’s terrorism in America has become more apparent when the U.S. District Court Rules Iran Behind 9/11 Attacks.

A Submitted Response to EP-ID’s Letter

Our Response to European Parliament – Iran Delegation’s letter has been sent out to the Members of Delegataion, and CC’d to EP President, EP offices, some of the U.S. Senators & Congressmen, & the office of Reza Pahlavi. The following is the copy of the submitted letter. Thanks to everybody involved in all this. - Mansur Rastani

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mansur Rastani <mansurrastani@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Subject: Response to EP-ID Letter

To: Chair <tarja.cronberg@europarl.europa.eu>, Member <kathleen.vanbrempt@europarl.europa.eu>, Member <cornelia.ernst@europarl.europa.eu>, Member <kurt.lechner@europarl.europa.eu>, Member <marietje.schaake@europarl.europa.eu>, Substitute Member <barbara.lochbihler@europarl.europa.eu>

A Drafted Response to EP-ID’s Letter

11, 01, 2011

To: Barbara Lochbihler (x-chair & current subs. member of EP Iran Delegation)

CC: EP Iran Delegation:

Tarja Cronberg (Chair) ,Kurt Lechner (member), Cornelia Ernst (member), Marietje  Schaake (member), Kathleen Van Brempt (member)

From: Undersigned

Re: Response to Barbara Lochbihler’s letter

Dear Mrs. Barbara Lochbihler,

Thank you for your response to our open letter in regard to the planned delegation to Iran, which was cancelled by the IRI authorities. We are fully aware of your new position as Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament, and have also realized that you chose to continue your work with the EP Iran Delegation as a substitute member.

An Open Letter to European Parliament – Iran Delegation

10, 25, 2011                                                                                 

European Parliament – the Iran Delegation,

Tarja Cronberg (Chair) ,

Kurt Lechner (member), Cornelia Ernst (member), Marietje  Schaake (member),

Kathleen Van Brempt (member), and Barbara Lochbihler (substitute member)

Dear Madam Chair,

Recently we the undersigned have learned that European Parliament’s delegation under your chair is planning to pay a visit to Iran at the end of this month. The news came as shock to us and it is indescribable to let you know how distressing it was to our oppressed Iranians once they heard about it.

Two Human Rights Activists, Recipients of Nobel Peace Prizes & their Visions

DefendIranDemoc – Aug 25, 2011
Two human rights activists, recipients of Nobel Peace Prizes talk about their visions for their countries. One from Iran, Shirin Ebadi, whose fear from threat and tyranny made her flee the country, Iran only to leave her oppressed fellow countrymen alone. And the other Aung San Suu Kyi whose courage and commitment find her a prisoner of principles and integrity in her own country, Burma. One who spent her whole life to defend Islam, and the other who courageously opposed herself alone to the rifle barrels to defend her people’s freedom and democracy.

Iranian Oppositions and the Status Quo

A few days ago I received an email introducing a new website mainly for English-language users, entitled “Iraniansforum.com” ,  and asking people to join by registering and signing in on the website and start publishing articles. A familiar name, Hassan Dai, was noted as the chief editor of the website. Being familiar with Hassan Dai’s two other websites and his protracted work in dealing with NIAC, my initial reaction to this email was to respond it

An Open Letter to U.S. Senators and Congressmen on Upcoming Resolution on Iran

May 11, 2011

Re: The Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011

Dear Senators Mark Kirk and Kirsten Gillibrand, and Congressmen Robert Dold and Ted Deutch

On May 4, 2011, you have introduced the resolution, The Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of 2011, and asserted that the bipartisan legislation would make it the policy of the United States to deny the Iranian regime the ability to oppress the people of Iran, to fully support democratic activists inside Iran, and to help the Iranian people freely and safely access and share information.

Why did U.S. give green light to Iraqi forces on Ashraf attack?

After Iraq war, U.S. has established heavy presence in Iraq, militarily and politically. For about every 500 Iraqis there is one American, about the same ratio was held in Iran during the Shah’s time, the only difference is that the square-miles area of Iran is about 4 times of Iraq. As such it can be deduced that U.S. presence in Iraq is four times more crowded than it was in Iran during Shah’s time. Currently there are about 47,000 U. S. forces in Iraq,